diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/internal_issue.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/internal_issue.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..aaf524ae6ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/internal_issue.md
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+name: Internal Issue
+about: Free-form issue creation for core maintainer use only.
+title: ''
+labels: [core-internal]
+assignees: ''
+---
+
+
+@ansibot bot_skip
diff --git a/test/sanity/ignore.txt b/test/sanity/ignore.txt
index a38f60b726c..86af1c72145 100644
--- a/test/sanity/ignore.txt
+++ b/test/sanity/ignore.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/internal_issue.md pymarkdown!skip
 lib/ansible/config/base.yml no-unwanted-files
 lib/ansible/executor/powershell/async_watchdog.ps1 pslint:PSCustomUseLiteralPath
 lib/ansible/executor/powershell/async_wrapper.ps1 pslint:PSCustomUseLiteralPath